Medicaid - Meadowbrook Care Center

National Study Says SNF Occupancy Rates on the Increase.

By Meadowbrook Staff | July 18, 2019 |

Last month, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) reported that the occupancy in U.S. skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) reached 83.7 percent in the first quarter of 2019, this being the first year-over-year increase since January 2015. NIC’s first quarter 2019 Skilled Nursing Data Report showed increased occupancy in both rural and urban…

Senate Aging Committee Seeks Comments on Preventing Falls

By Meadowbrook Staff | June 15, 2019 |

U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bob Casey (D-PA), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, requests staff of Meadowbrook Care Center, New Jersey’s aging network and state officials overseeing the programs and delivery of services to the Garden State’s aging population, to provide recommendations to reduce senior’s risk of…

Despite Benefits, Stroke Patients Receive Vastly Different Amounts of Physical Therapy

By Meadowbrook Staff | April 30, 2019 |

Medicare beneficiaries, recovering from strokes, receive vastly different amounts of physical and occupational therapy during their hospital stays despite evidence that such rehabilitation is strongly associated with positive health outcomes, finds a newly released study by at Providence, Rhode Island-based Brown University. The data also suggests that patients who receive more physical therapy (PT) are less…